grouchy

The night before Mary’s birthday Lydia insisted on finishing a stuffed animal she was sewing for Mary. Abe promised her the other day that I would help her finish. I really, really wish I had been more gracious about helping Lydia finish this sweet project. Instead, I was a grouchy, snapping person who took over the project and just did it all myself so we could get to bed before midnight. While I sewed I made Lydia practice. I was quite ridiculous.

Abe told me to smile. I was, er, excessively annoyed and this is the very best I could manage. The minute he took the picture I went right back to scowling.
Abe wrapped presents and put up the birthday banner.
Lydia dutifully practiced while I sewed up her animal.

snail

I am blogging in the middle of the day because we will be up late preparing for Mary’s birthday.

Look what I found in the sink this morning.

Normally I don’t mind snails, but when I found this in the sink, I am afraid I screamed. Several times.

And then I took pictures of the kids. Thank goodness because Clarissa wore this cute outfit for the first time today, and minutes after I took these pics she sat in the middle of a mess of dishwasher detergent and ruined it forever. 🙁

Ammon had a great time playing today. He played by himself A LOT. I had every intention of not neglecting him, but sadly those were not realized. It’s been a busy day.